Activity 3.4 - Essay on Rand’s Ideas Using "The Ethics of Emergencies" by Ayn Rand (pp. 215-218)‚ develop an essay between 2 to 3 pages discussing her ideas in today’s moral environment. Provide one other reference in addition to our text. The Ethics of Emergencies describes how some people base their ethical principles on emergency situations. The classic example is the lifeboat scenario. The scenario is that what if you are stuck on a lifeboat with some other people‚ and there’s not enough water
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Learning Team Toulmin Analysis Team A Contributors: Allison Cloutier‚ Christopher Etheridge‚ Genevieve Thompson‚ and Dionna Mark ENG/215 October 17‚ 2011 PHILIP SCHUNK Body Paragraphs Crichton makes the claim that environmentalism is becoming one of the most influential religions in the Western world. He presents the idea that environmentalists are religious fanatics who are making extreme predictions for the Earth’s future. Crichton does a minimal job at supporting
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The case for reparation Introduction Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher who had devoted himself in the work of moral reasoning. Throughout his writing‚ he had sought to develop practical arguments that can be used in evaluating the ethics behind the moral issues. Toulmin model of argumentation has a diagram that contains six interrelated components that are considered when analyzing arguments. On the other hand‚ The Case for Reparation that has two hundred and fifty years of slavery‚ Jim
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English 205 Augmentative Analysis Against the Toulmin Model The late Stephen Toulmin the creator of the Toulmin Model has constructed and contributed immensely to the analytical study of arguments. The Toulmin Model‚ a dynamic foundation of structured analysis commonly used to analyze any text in which an argumentative statement develops through the essential elements which goes to define the Toulmin process. In a textbook titled‚ Elements of Argument written by
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The Warrant: The general public dislikes the notion that lobbying firms ‘buy’ or alter the opinion of lawmakers in Washington. This cartoon is in the backdrop of the Japanese emergency to keep their nuclear reactor from going into meltdown. The main idea is that there has been a knee-jerk reaction in the United States towards fear about nuclear power and the nuclear power industry are funneling money into Washington to keep the law makers from passing negative legislation to appease the general public’s
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In the novel ’The Road’ the author Cormac McCarthy uses the idea of choice in order to portray how characters react in an apocalyptic situation. .The road is set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia where of government and set of rules is abolished. The novel follows a young boy and his father as they traverse through rough terrain in order to seek refuge to the east. McCarthy challenges the reader to determine how the reader would react in this situation‚ to retain morals and a sense of hope by ’carrying
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MEMORANDUM To: DCCCD President and Board of Directors From: Adrieanne McClelon‚ student Date: July 16‚ 2013 Subject: Smoking should be banned on campus Introduction and Recommendation Second hand smoke affects approximately 126 million nonsmoking Americans per year. 72.2% of students‚ age 18-24‚ enrolled in a single campus are not smokers but are at risk of developing lung cancer and other diseases associated with smoking all because of the 24.8% of students who do. Recent studies
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beautifully structured arguments such as a speech or a certain subject in democracy has brought about the nations patriotic proclamation to demonstrate a country of free speech and democracy. The Toulmin Argument was introduced by a man by the name of Stephen Toulmin a British philosopher who thought to research the idea and method that describes the way people make such convincing arguments. Toulims’ argument takes into account situations in which people have to deal with throughout their lives with words
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The Toulmin method is a method of reasoning that includes a claim‚ ground‚ and a warrant. This method of analysis breaks down the paper into parts in a way that makes the argument more effective overall. The passage‚ “The Locavore Myth‚” goes over the disadvantages of people whose diet consists only of locally produced food. The author goes over several statistics and studies that show the harmful effects of buying from nearby farmers. According to the Toulmin method‚ this argument is very effective
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From Idea to Essay notes Chapter 1 “The Writing Process” Pgs. 3-12 Expository writing * Type of writing that explains‚ discusses‚ describes‚ analyzes‚ and argues the bulk of everyday tasks that you’ll most likely be called upon to do in your career. * Includes every kind of workaday job‚ ranging from memos and descriptions to evaluations summaries and formal proposals. * Mostly pragmatic and unglamorous. The AIM of good writing * CLARITY * Ways to achieve clarity: repeated
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